this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2023
1100 points (95.2% liked)

Memes

45619 readers
1130 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1100
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
238 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Here we go again...

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Eh, it's safer now than it was 30 years ago, your odds of actually running into anyone with a gun are extremely low.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I love how people are mad that you're right. The only technicality I'd add is that concealed carry is a thing, so you likely walk past people carrying without knowing it, but that's the whole point of concealed carry in the first place.

Mass shooting events like this are a social problem that ends up being very complex when you start to actually try and figure out why they happen and how to prevent them. There is no short answer, but Angry White Men by Michael Kimmel is a good place to start.